Kemp joins 1,500-hit club with double

ATLANTA — The Turner Field crowd roared and Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy applauded, but it wasn’t until Matt Kemp looked up at the center-field scoreboard that he realized why.

After leading off the bottom of the second inning with a double off Max Scherzer, the Braves outfielder turned around and saw the message on the screen congratulating him on the 1,500th hit of his Major League career.

“I honestly did not know I was that close to 1,500 hits,” said Kemp after Friday’s 7-2 loss to the Nationals. “I don’t think people really look at that. I just looked at the JumboTron and was like, ‘Wow, OK. Cool.’

“For me, I just thought I needed 1,500 more.”

The double marked Kemp’s fourth hit in 37 career at-bats vs. Scherzer. And with it, the 31-year-old became just the 32nd active player to join the 1,500-hit club.

But Kemp wasn’t finished making his mark on the game.

With one out in the top of the …

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